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- SPOOL MAKING APPARATUS .Filed June 13, 1940 1o sheets-sheet 1o INVENTOR. om Mmmm BY a i Aftorne y Patented Dec. 19, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE sPooLMAKING APrAR-ATUS John A. Johnson, Woodhaven, Y. Application June '13, 1940, Seral'N'o. 349,248

17 Claims.

This invention relates to apparatus for making. spools of sheet metal comprising a tubular core and annular anges secured to the opposite ends of the core and particularly used for carrying a strand or web of material, such as medicated tape, wound upon the core.

It has been the common practice heretofore,

as shown in my patents, No. 2,169,251 patentedl August 15, 1939, forv lSpool making apparatus and No. 2,196,262 patented April 9, 1940, for Apparatus for forming metal bodies, to form the cores in one apparatus vand transfer the formed cores from said apparatus to another apparatus in which the annular flanges are engaged on andr secured to the opposite ends of the core and a web anchoring depression is formed in the core.

Itis the principal object of the present invention to provide a single apparatus to form the core with a web anchoring depression, and engage and secure the Aannular flanges tothe opposite ends of the core.

It has also been the common practice, as shown in my aforementioned Patent No. 2,196,262, `to form the cores fro-ma previously formed blank, and it is another object of the invention to form the cores from a web of sheet metal.

It is a further object of the invention to form.

the web anchoring depression in the core simultaneously with the forming of said core.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a series of horns Aof novel construction upon which horns the iianges are assembled on the opposite ends of the core embodying means to remove the assembled flanges and. core from said horns. y

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for delivering annular flanges to the series of horns in a horizontal position and placing the anges in said position `on the horns "by the force of gravity and without the use of a reciprocating plunger.

A further object of the invention is'to provide novel means to crimp the opposite ends of the` ing die member of said crimping means to crimp the opposite ends of the core to the flanges.

the crimping means to permit actuation of said jaws at one side-of said jaws.

Otherobjects and advantages of the invention Will be set forth inthe detail description of the embodiment of the. invention.

The embodiment ofthe invention comprises Y.

an apparatus lincluding means to form a core from a web of sheet metal,V means to receive a formed core and assemble annular flanges on the'opposite ends of thecore, and meansjto crimp the opposite ends ofthe core` to the flanges `and deliver a completed vspool from the apparatus. The means to lform a core l comprises a reciprocating dog adapted to feed -a predetermined length of web from a reel to a mandrel and a` xed cutter to sever a blank from/the web .and fold the blank around the mandrel by a second cutter carried 'by a forming `member of a pair of forming members reciprocatingt'oward and away Afrom diametri'callyA opposite portions of the mandrel in a plane transversely of the web feed', the forming member carrying the second cutter being actuated in advance of the other forming member to move the second cutter relay tive to the fixed lcutter `and sever the -predeter minedlength from the web and wrapthe center tile and expansible core having the opposite longitudinal edges disposed in separated and opposed A further object of the invention is to provide y novel means to reciprocally mount the jaws of is mounted inl Xed relation to the feed of the Web between the reel and the feeding dog and arranged to engage and prevent movement of the web during the retrograde movement of the feeding dog. After the core is formed, the form'- 'ing members and web feeding dog are actuated from the mandrel and a stripping member is vyieldingly urged to transfer the core from the mandrel to a horn of a series of horns intermittently positioned in vertical alinement below the mandrel by a rotatable turret constituting a part of the means to assemble annular flanges on the opposite ends of the core. Each horn .is arranged `with 'an encirclingannular member slidably supported in the turret and yieldingly urged to the lower end of the horn to support an annular flange positioned on the horn by means at a station of the hornpreceding the station at which the horn is presented to the core forming means, so that a core transferred from the core forming mandrel to a horn will be positioned on the horn with the lower end engaging an annular flange previously positioned on said horn. The horns having a iange on the annular member and a core engaging said flange are presented to means to position a second annular ange on said horns in engagement with the upper end of the cores on said horns and said flange positioning means is the same as the means to position the first flanges on the horns and comprises a horizontal slideway having a pocket above the horns arranged with an opening for the passage of the horns through said pocket. The annular flanges are delivered to the slideway by the force of gravity from a supply tube and are fed by a reciprocating slide from said tube to the pocket and onto a horn positioned in said pocket. The horns having thereon a core with flanges at the opposite ends are presented to a pair of members slidably mounted and yieldingly urged to engage arcuate faces of said members with diametrically opposite portions of the core and contract the core upon the horn to permit movement of the annular flanges longitudinally onto the core, and a reciprocating plunger having a hollow head adapted to engage and move the second flange upon the core and move the core into the first flange on the annular member by the movement of the plunger toward the horn while the pair of members are maintaining the core in contracted condition. The retrograde movement of the plunger from the horn actuates the pair of members out of engagement with the core to permit the core to A expand and retain the flanges in their assembled position thereon by a pair of cam faces movable with the plunger and engaging rollers carried by the pair of members. After the flanges are assembled on the opposite ends of the core, the successive horns are positioned relative to the means for crimping the opposite ends of the core to the flanges comprising a second intermittently actuated turret rotatable in a plane above the plane of rotation of the turret of the iiange assembling means and having a series of horns having an annular recess intermediate the ends and stripping means yieldingly positioned at said recess. The assembled anges andA core are transferred from a horn of the first series of horns to an alined horn of the second series of horns by the annular members of the first horns being actuated to a position above the first horn by a headreciprocated toward and away from the underface of the first turret and the transferring movement of the annular members being sufficient to fully engage the upper end of the core into the annular recess of the second horns. The second turret is intermittently actuated to move the horns thereof having assembled anges and cores thereon from the rst turret and present said horns relative to a pair of jaws yieldingly urged toward each other to clamp diametrically opposite portions of the core and having annular recesses in the top and bottom to cooperate with the annular recess in the second horns and an annular recess in a die member reciprocatory toward and away from the lower end of the core on said second horns to crimp the ends of the core to the flanges assembled thereon. The die member is operatively connected to the jaws by a roller carried by the die member engaging cam faces on arms connected to the jaws, whereby the movement of the die member toward and away from the second horn will actuate the jaws from the core on said horn and the approach of the die member to the lower end of the core will permit the `iaws to clamp the core and effect the crimping of the ends of the core to the flanges. After the crimping operation, the second horn is moved from the die member and jaws and the completed spool will drop from said horn onto a o, chute leading to a suitable depository.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application,

Figure l is an isometric view of the apparatus constituting the embodiment of the invention and including a reel for a supply of the sheet metal web from which the cores are formed.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the apparatus,

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2 with the operative parts removed to show the driving connections of said parts with a drive shaft.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional View of the apparatus taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2 looking in the direction (of the arrows to show the stripping member transferring a core from the core forming mandrel to a horn of the rst series of horns, the annular member transferring an assembled core and flanges from a horn of the first series of horns to a horn of the second series of horns, and the die member cooperating with a horn of the second series of horns to crimp the ends of the core to the flanges.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of the apparatus taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows to show the slides feeding flanges from the supply tubes to diametrically opposed horns of the first series of horns positioned in the pockets of the slideways.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan View of the core forming means showing in section the reciprocating dog feeding a predetermined length of web to the mandrel, the cutters and the forming members of said means.

Figure is a fragmentary plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the core forming membersl showing the member carrying the second cutter wrapping the center section of the severed portion of the web around half of the mandrel shown in section and forming the web anchoring depression.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 'l' showing the other core forming member wrapping the end sections of the severed portion of the web around the remaining half of the mandrel.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary elevational view partly in section of the core forming means showing the stripping member of said means actuated to inoperative position by the yfeeding movement of the web feeding dog.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary View, on an enlarged scale, of the means for moving the flanges onto the end portions of the core shown in section taken substantially on the line I ll--l of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows to show the pair of slidable members engaging the core and the plunger moving the flanges onto the core.

Figure il is aV view similar to Figure 10, on a smaller scale, showing the plunger positioned from the second ange and the slidable members actuated by the plunger out of engagement with the core.

Figure 12 is a view of the means for moving the flanges onto the core looking at the right hand side of Figure 11 and also showing the supply tube for'the second annular anges.

Figurev 13 is a fragmentary view taken substantially on the line l3-I3 of Figure 2 looking'in the direction of the arrows with the second tur; ret and a supporting table in section to show an annular member positioning an assembled core and anges onto a horn of the second turret and a completed spool dropping from another horn ofv the second turret.,

Figure 14 is a fragmentary View, on an enlarged scale', of the pair of jaws for clamping the core on a second horn during the crimping operation and their associated slides and showing the jaws in inoperative clamping position.

Figure 15 is a sectional view, on a reduced scale, taken Von the line |5|5 of Figure 1411001;- ing in the direction of the arrows and showing the crimping die member in inoperative position effecting the actuation of the jaws out of their normal core engaging position.

Figure 16 is a View similar to Figure 15 on a larger scale and showing the jaws and die member in position relative to a horn of the second turret to crimp the opposite endsv of the corel to the flanges.

Figure 17 is a perspective view of acore formed r on the mandrel of the core forming means.

Figure 18 is a longitudinal ysection of a Core and iianges engaged on theopposite ends -of the core by the means shown in Figures 10 to 12, inclusive. Figure 19 is an elevational view vof a completed spool partly in vsection to show an end of the core crimped to a flange by the means shown in` Fig-l ures 14 to 16, inclusive. v -In carrying out the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the operative yparts are mounted on a suitable framework comprising'a table T supported from a basev B by standards S,

and said operative-parts being actuated from` a drive shaft 20 rotatably supported to extend longitudinally of the framework by bearing brackets 2| mounted on the base B, as shown in Figure 5.

The drive shaft 20 is adapted to be releasably connected to an electric motor M mounted Aon an extension of the base B by a drip pan 22 and the driven shaft of said motor having a pinion 23 meshing with a gear wheel 24 loosely mounted on the drive shaft 2|) and adapted to be connected to said shaft by a conventional sliding clutch shown in a general manner at 25 and having an actuating arm 26 slidable in a plate 21 fixed to and projecting from the adjacent end of the table T, as shown in Figure l. The drive shaft may be manually rotated to adjust. the operative parts connected thereto by a `hand wheel 28 fixed to -an end of the drive shaft, and the motorM is controlled through a switch box 29 mounted on a bracket 30 iixed to the top of table T.

The means to form the cores of .the spools is at the end of the'framework supporting the electric motor M and comprises a rod shaped mandrel 3| (Figures 6, 7 and 8) `having a screw threaded reduced portion at one end removably mounted to extend in a vertical plane and spaced from the table T by a nut, as shown at 32 in Figure 4, in a plate 33 fixed toand supported by a pair of standards 34 mounted on a box shaped support 35 xed to vthe top of the table T. A sheet metal web W of a width slightly greaterv than the length of a core c of a completed Spool vs is intermittently fed to the mandrel 3| from a source of supply, such as a reel 36 rotatably mounted on a support 31 having a suitable base 3.8 and ret-ained inv spaced ,relation to the frameworkzby ani arm 39 xed at the opposite'ends to the support 31 and the table T,- as shown in Figure. l1*. A predeterminedlength of the web W is intermittently fed to the mandrel 3|v by a dog 40iofv `angle shape in cross section loosely mounted on a leg portion* of a vertical bifurcated extension. 4| of a slide 42 bya pin 43 screwthreaded at one vend inl the leg portion and engaged in `an opening; in an angle portion of the dog 40 of larger diameter than the pin and the freeend ofsaid angle. portion of the dog 40 is urged into engagement lwit-h a gripping plate arranged in the `opposite lleg portion yof the vertical bifurcated extension l4| of the slide 42, as shown at 44 in Figure 6, by a spring coiled about the pin 43 and i compressed between the dog 40 and a nut adjustable lon the free end of the pin, as shown at 45. The slide 42 isislidable in a slideway formed by angle members 46 mounted on opposite sides of anV opening 41 in the'top of the support 35 and said anglemembers 46 adapted to engage lateral shoulders on opposite sides of the slide. The slide 42 is actuated in the slideway toward and away from the mandrel` 3| by the rotation of the drive shaft 2-0 through crank mechanism comprising a disk 48 `(Figures 2 and v4) yhaving a hub onone face iixed on oneend of a shaft 49 rotatable in an elongated sleeve 50 having a ilange at one end adapted to engage and be fixed to the portion of the table T around an opening in said table, as shown at 5|l in Figures 3V andv 4, and suspend the sleeve from the table. The yshaft 49 is rotatably supported in the sleeve 50 by the hub of the --disk48iengaging 'the flanged end of the sleeve 50and the .oppositeend of the shaft 43 projecting from the lower end of the sleeve 5I] is operatively connected to the drive shaft 20 through a pair ofbeveledpinions iixedto the shafts and meshing with each other, as shown at 52. The upper face of the disk/.48 is arranged withla radial recess k53 extending past .the center of the disk and the outer end terminatingy in .a flat vertical face onY the periphery of the disk extending transversely of the recess land adapted for themounting of a plate, as .shown at 54 in Figures 2, 4 and 6 said plate having an .opening in the center thereof in alinement with the recess 53 for the rotatable mounting of a headed lead screw 55 having the threaded portion extending into the. recess for the adjustable engagement of a screw threaded bore in the transverse head of a pintle Eli-projecting vertically from the recess 53. The pintle i56-is `operatively connected to the slide 42 through a crank arm 51r havingbosses at the opposite ends,one boss being rotatably mounted on the pintle 56 and the other boss rotatable on a bearing screw threaded in the slide 42, Vas shown at 58 in Figure 4. The lead vscrew :551s maintained in a horizontal position and the pintle 56 ina vertical vposition by gibs 53 fixed to the disk tov extend over the longitudinal edges of the recess 53and engagenthe transverse head of the pintle 55,.as shown in Figure 6. The adjustment of the lead screw 55 will vary the length of travel of the slide 42 and lthe movement of the slide 42 toward the mandrel 3| will cause the dog 40 to grip'the web 'W against the plate 44 and feed a .length of lweb tothe mandrel, the length of said fed web depending upon the adjustment of the lead screw 55. The retrograde 'movement of the slide 42 from'the mandrel 3| will .cause the dog 40 by. the frictional eng-agement of .the dog `with the web to. move from the web against the ltension ci thespring 45, and the web isheld against movement during the retrograde movement of the dog 40 by a dog 68 similar in structure and yielding mounting to the dog 40 but fixedly mounted relative to the feeding movement of the web by having the mounting pin 43' thereof screw threaded in a leg portion of a bifurcated vertical extension 6| of cross member 62 xed at the opposite ends to the support 35 at the opposite sides of the -opening 41. The retrograde movement of the web will cause the dog 60 to impinge the web against an associated gripping plate 44 (Figure 6) similar to the plate 44 under the iniiuence of a spring 4'5 similar to spring 45, and the feeding movement of the web will rock the dog 60 on its mounting pin 43' from its associated plate 44 against the tension of the spring 45. The rocking movement of the dogs 40 and 68 against the force of the springs 45 and 45', respectively, is adjustably limited by set screws adjustably mounted in lateral lugs of the leg portions 4| and 6|, respectively, as shown at 63 in Figure 6. The web W is fed through the space between the legs of the bifurcated extension 4| and 6|.

After a predetermined length of web W is fed relative to the mandrel 3| by the movement of the dog 40 toward said mandrel, the forward section of said fed portion of web is severed and constituting a core forming blank to be folded around the mandrel to form a contractile and expansible tubular member normally assuming expanded position by positioning the rearward edge of said forward section relative to a xed cutter comprising a blade portion 63 and a bifurcated portion 64 extending at a right angle from the blade portion and engaged by the head of a mounting bolt 65 supported in an opening passed through one of the standards 34 and secured therein by a nut screw threaded on the free end of the bolt projecting from the outer side of said standard, as shown at 66 in Figure 6. The cutter blade 63 is adjusted toward and away from the mandrel 3| by moving the bifurcated portion transversely of the bolt 65 and is retained in adjusted position by tightening the nut 66 onto the bolt and a set screw adjustably mounted in a perforated ear of the standard 34, as shown at 61 in Figure 4. The web W is guided to and yieldingly held against-the cutter blade 63' by a guide opening 68 in the ear supporting the set screw 61 and a resilient nger 69 xed at one end to the other standard 34 with the free end engaging the face of the web opposite the faceengaged by the cutter blade 63", as shown in Figure 6. The predetermined length of web or core forming blank is severed by a movable cutter blade 10 moving toward and away from the face of the web engaged by the resilient finger 69 in cutting alinement with the fixed cutter blade 63', and simultaneously with the severing of the web by cutters 63', 18, the center section of the severed web portion or blank is wrapped around half of and clamped to the mandrel 3| by a forming member 1| of a pair of forming members. Said forming member 1| is in the form of a rectangular block having an arcuate recess 12 in one end edge conforming to the curvature of the mandrel 3| and a transverse opening 13 intermediate the ends for the adjustable mounting of the movable cutter blade 10 by a bolt having a head adapted to engage the outer face of the member 1| and the free end screw threaded into the cutter blade 10 to abut said blade against the inner face of the member 1|, as shown at 14 in Figure'. The cutting edge of the blade 1|) may be adjusted toward or away from the arcuate recess 12 by `loosening the bolt 14 and said blade is retained in adjusted position by a set screw adjustably mounted in an ear of the member 1I to abut the rear edge of the blade, as shown at 15 in Figure 6. The other bending and forming member 15 has a V shaped recess 11 in an end edge thereof with the base of the V of arcuate form corresponding to the curvature of the mandrel 3|, and said member is slidably mounted in a slideway arranged on the outer face of the standard 34 supporting the bolt 65, as shown at 18, so that the member 16 will have movement transversely of the standard and position the V recess 11 to engage opposite diverging end portions of the recess with the parallelly extending opposite end sections of the severed portion of the web having the intermediate section clamped to and folded around the mandrel by the arcuate recess 12 of the member 1|. The forming member 1| is slidably supported in the outer face of the standard 34 arrangedv with the resilient finger 69 by a slideway similar to the slideway 18 for the member 16. The members 1|, 16 are actuated toward the mandrel, so that the predetermined length of web W is severed by the cutters 63', 18 and simultaneously the intermediate section of the severed portion of web is clamped to and folded around half of the mandrel 3| by the member 1| and subsequently the opposite end sections of the severed portion of web is bent around the remaining half of the mandrel with the longitudinal edges disposed in opposed and separated relation by the member 16. This is accomplished by a pair of cams, one cam 19 comprisingan arcuate plate fixed to the lower face of the disk 48 and having a vertical flange spaced from the periphery of the disk, as shown in Figure 4, and adapted to engage a cam following roller 88 carried at the free end of an arm 8| integral with one end of a sleeve 82 rotatably mounted on an arbor fixed at one end in the table T, as shown at 83, and the opposite end of the sleeve 82 is arranged with a laterally extending arm 84 having the free end operatively connected to the member 1| by a link 85 pivoted at one end in a bifurcation in the end of the arm`84 and the opposite end of the link pivoted in a bifurcation in the end of the member 1| opposite the end arranged with the arcuate recess 12. The roller 88 is yieldingly urged into engagement with the cam 19 by a spring 86 compressed between the lever arm 3| and an abutment adjustably mounted on the.

table T, as shown at 81 in Figures 2 and 6. The

Aother cam 88 comprises an annular member of angle shape in cross section mounted on the upper face and periphery of the disk 48, as shown in Figure 4, and a peripheral portion of said annular member projecting laterally to form the cam, as shown in Figures 2 and 6, adapted to be engaged by a cam following roller 89 carried by an arm 90 integral with the lower end of a sleeve 9| rotatable on a vertical arbor 92 fixed at the lower end on the table and the upper end of the arbor connected to the upper end of the arbor 83 by a cross member 93. The upper end of the sleeve 9| is arranged with an integral arm 64 having the free end pivotally connected to the end of the member 18 opposite the recessed end 11 by a link 95 in the same manner as link 85 connects arm 84 with the member 1|. The roller 89 is yieldingly urged to engage the cam 88 by a spring which is similar to and mounted in the same manner as spring 86. The cams 19, 88 are arranged so that cam 19 will engage roller 80 folded Vweb portion will assume a slightly expanded circular core form and adapted to be constricted after the .members 1|, 16' are actuated from the mandrel, as shown in Figure 17.

To facilitate the winding of a web of material, such as medicated tape, upon a core of a spool, the end ofsaid web is anchored to said core by engagingA said end in a depression d in the core,

said depression being shown in Figure 19. This depression d is formed while the center section of the severed web portion isy formed around half of the mandrel by a detenting memberl 96 having a pointed face and mounted in a corresponding recess in the center portion of the arcuate recess 12 of the forming member 1| with the pointed face projecting from thearcuate recess to engage the material of the severed web portionr and offset it into a recess 91 inthe` mandrel 3| corresponding in shape 'to the' projecting pointed face of the member 95 when the forming member 1| clamps the intermediate section of the severed web portion to the mandrel, as shown in Figure '1. The detenting member 9E will also hold the severed web portion against movement ywhile the recess 11 of the other forming member 16 is engaging and wrapping the opposite end sections `of the severed web portion around the mandrel, as shown in Figure 8. f

ItA will vbe yseen in Figure 17 that the formed core c will expand slightly after thev forming members 1|, 15 are actuated from the mandrel 3| and said corewil-ldrop by the force of gravity from the mandrel. To' assure'the dropping ofthe core from the mandrel' during the receding movement of the forming members,`there is provided a stripping vmember comprising a shank portion 08 slidable in .a slideway 99 formed'in `the edge of the plate 33 forward of the mandrel mounting 32, and the lower end of the shank arranged withv a lateral bifurcation having `the leg portions thereofextending on opposite sides of the mandrel, asrshown at 00in Figure 9. The

stripping member ,isA actuated by an arm `|0|- pivotall-y mounted at vrone end on a boss of a bracket fixed to` and lprojecting from the upper face of the cross vmember 93, Aasshownat- |02, and the vopposite end of thearm bifurcated with thebifurcation legs slotted` for thev engagement of-pins extending from .the opposite sides of the shank portion 98 above the slideway 99, as shown at |03. The stripping member is yieldingly actuated to stripping position by a spring |04 .fixed atA the opposite ends Ato the lever |0| and a standard 34, andsaidstrippingmember is actuated toposition the bifurcation legs |00 at an upperportion of the mandrel above the portion upon which'the coreci isformed during the feeding of the web .to-the mandrel and the formin'g of the core .upon the mandrel by a roller mounted in ears extended from the bifurcation legs ofthe extension 4| of theslide 42, as shownat |05, engaging :araiSedstraight portion`|06 of a stepped'edge -ofaxplate' |01 Vfixed at the opposite edge to the arm |'0.|.'1adj"acent` to its pivotalA ments-of the web feeding slide #l2` and core forming members 1|, 16, the roller |05 willride off the raised portion |06 and onto a lower portion |08' permitting the stripping-member -to be actuated bythe springl l|04 to engage the bifurcation legs |00 with the completedfcore and remove the core fromI the mandrel -3'|', as sliownin Figure 4.

The core c-drops directly from the mandrel 3| upon a horn ofa series-Pof horns and into engagement with an annular flange f previously engaged on said horn. -The horns are part ofthe means toas'semb'le flanges on the opposite ends of the core and comprisea shank portionv |09 projectingcentrally from the upper face of a shoulder .portion 1i|0 arranged at the top of a tubular portion ||l| having external screw threads at the free end Aand adapted to'be engagedv in an opening of a series'ofopening's equidistantly spaced around the peripheral portion of a turret l I2 having a cup shaped hub portion H3, as shown in Figures 4 and 5.*The horns are fixedin the turret |'2 byannular retaining mem-l bers releasably engaged on the screw threaded end of the tubular'horn portions andarranged with sockets-for the application Yof a pin wrench, as shown at H4, to tighten the retaining member upon the tubular portion and dra'w the shoulder I0 against the upper face of the turret lll-2. Each horn is arranged withrmeans to eject a spool assembledy on the horn'from said horn vcomprising an anular member ll'slidable on the shank portion |09 of the horn and yieldingly urged againstthe shoulder H0 by vra spring ||6 engaged in the bore of the tubular portion I||V and compressed between the vrend of said bore and a plate ||1 carried at the ends of a plurality of rods ||8 slidable in the tubular and shoulder portions' of thehorn and screw threaded in the annular member l5, as shown in Figure 5. The turret ||.2 is rotatablymounted on the table T by a shaft I If9 rotatably supported in hubportions of a pairtof plates 20, |2 Ifsupported by the table relative to .an opening in said table in the form of two circles of different diameters and connectedv at the peripheries, Vas shown at l|22 in Figure 3, and saidfopening having a vertical flange |23. depending from the table T; The plate |20 is xed to the top of the table T over the largest circular vportion of Vthe -opening |22, and the plate 2| abutting the flange-to enclose the entire opening at the bottom and form with the plate |20 a casingV '|23' for a gear wheel |24 fixed on the portion of the shaft ||9 passing through said casing. The hub ||3 of the turret I2 is xedlymounted on the end portion of the` shaft ||9 projecting above the plater|20 by a bearing sleeve engaged inthe hub H3, a nut screw threaded on ther shaft vand abutting a washer against the center of the bearing sleeve, and -a retaining ring bolted tothe turret and having the inner peripheral `por-tion overlapping the outer peripheral portion of the-bearing sleeve, as shown at |25 in Figures 4 and 5.- The shaft ||9 and turret ||2 vare intermittently rotated in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Figure 2 from the drive shaft 2`0,in,a manner to be described hereinafter, -to position the shank portions |09 of the horns to successive stations, such asfin. vertical alinement below the mandrel 3| to receive a core c therefrom. The initial station,

to which each horn is positioned, is provided with means tol feed and onto a hornl shank |09v and in engagement with mounting |02.' Duringl the retrograde move-v place an annular flange f slideway |26 formed in the bifurcation legs of a bifurcated bracket |21 mounted on a side edge of the table T in horizontal alinement with the shaft ||9 and a slide |28 slidable in the slideway and having a comparatively thin feeding portion |29 at the forward end. The slide |28 is retained I in the slideway by a plate |30 xed to the bracket |21 and having an elongated recess 3| to accommodate and permit reciprocation of the slide and an opening in alinement with the longitudinal axis of the recess |3| for the mounting of the lower end of a supply tube |32 adapted to receive and support annular flanges i in stack formation and said tube having an elongated opening |33 to observe the quantity of anges therein and permit straightening of said anges. The upper end of the tube may be connected to a suitable hopper containing a supply of anges but said hopper is not shown as it does not constitute a part of this invention. The forward end of the slideway |26 is arranged with a transverse portion forming a platform |34 in spaced relation below the plate |30 and the lower end of the tube |32 to receive the lowermost flange in the tube |32 and support the remaining flanges in stack formation and over which platform the feeding portion |29 of the slide |28 moves to engage and feed the lowermost flange from the tube |32 to a depressed pocket |35 arranged in said transverse portion in the path of travel of the horn Shanks |09 and having a slot or opening |36 in the bottom thereof for the passage of the upper ends of the horn shanks into and through the pocket |35. The width of the slot is less than the width of the pocket to form shoulders to support and position the flange in the pocket in a horizontal plane and permit said flange to slide freely down the engaged horn shank into engagement with its associated annular member H when said shank moves from the pocket, and the wall of the slot nearest the shaft ||9 extends in an arcuate direction to permit the free passage of the horn Shanks through the pocket, as shown in Figure 2. The slide |28 is actuated to position va flange f in the pocket |35, while a horn shank I 09 is positioned in the pocket in horizontal alinement with the slide, from the drive shaft 20 by a suitably shaped cam face disk |31 fixed on said shaft to engage a roller |38 rotatably supported between a pair of spaced bars |39 having the opposite ends connected to rods |40, |40 slidable in bosses |4|, |4|' arranged in and extending upwardly from diametrically opposite portions of the plate |21, as shown in Figures 3 and 5, with the upper ends of the rods having pins extending laterally from diametrically opposite sides to engage slots in a bifurcated end of bell crank levers |42, |42', respectively, as shown at |43, |43', respectively. The roller |38 is yieldingly urged to engage the cam |31 by springs |44, |44 coiled around the rods |40, |40', respectively, and compressed between the bosses |41, |4I', respectively, and the mountings of the rods at the ends of the bars |39. The lever |42 is pivotally supported between. the bifurcation legs of the bracket I 21, as at |45, and the free end of said lever is pivotally connected, as at |46, between and to a pair of ears depending from a plate |41 connected to the slide |28 and having a forwardly extending portion engaging the underface of the platform |34 to guide and prevent canting of the slide |28.

After a horn shank |09 is provided with an annular flange f, said shank is positioned to three intermediate stops of the intermittent movement of the turret ||2 where no operations are performed, before said shank is positioned at a second operating station in alinement with the lower end of the mandrel 3| to receive a core c which core will slide down the shank until its lower end engages the annular flange f being supported by the annular member H5. y

After a horn shank |09 is provided with an annular flange f and a core c having its lower end engaging said flange f, said shank is actuated by the turret ||2 to three'more intermediate stops where no operations are performed and then the shank is positioned at a third operating station where a second annular ange f' is positioned on the horn shank |09 at the upper end of the core by mechanism comprising a slideway |20' arranged in a bracket |21' mounted on the table T in diametrical alinement with the bracket |21, a slide 28' slidable in the slideway |26 and actuated from the drive shaft 20 through the bars |39, rod |40 and lever |42' to engage a thin feeding portion |29 of the Slide |28' with the lowermost annular flange of a stack of flanges j in a supply tube |32 and feed said flange from the tube |32 to a pocket |35 arranged below and forwardly of a platform |34 supporting the anges f' in the tube |32'. The structure and operation of the mechanism for feeding and positioning a ange f on a horn shank |09 in engagement with the upper end of a core on said shank is the same as the mechanism for feeding and positioning the first flange j on the horn shank,

and therefore a detail description of the second flange feeding mechanism is not deemed to be necessary and corresponding parts of said mechanisms are indicated by corresponding numerals primed. The flanges f, f are of the same construction and have an annular bead b at the outer periphery and the inner periphery is arranged with a neck .portion n extending from the flange in the same direction as the bead b, as shown in Figure 18. The flanges f are stacked in the tube |32 with the bead b and neck 12 facing in a downward direction, so that the lower end of the core will engage the flange ,f at the juncture thereof with the neck n, and the flanges f are stacked in the tube |32' with the bead b and neck n uppermost, so that the upper end of the core will engage the ange f at the juncture thereof with the neck n.

After a core is arrangedwith anges at the opposite ends on a horn shank, said horn shank is actuated to two more stops of the turret from the second flange feeding mechanism, and at the second of said stops, the flanges are moved onto the engaged ends of the core, as shown in Fig- -ure 18, by assembling means shown in Figures 10 to 12, inclusive, as comprising a pair of complementary members having arcuate faces |48 at one end and the opposite ends bifurcated, as at |49, and slidably mounted in a pair of angle members |50 depending from an end portion of a plate |5| fixed at the opposite end portion on the bracket |21 supporting tube |32 and having openings corresponding to the bifurcations |49 and the opening formed by the arcuate faces |48, as shown at |52 in Figures 10 and 11. The complementary members are yieldingly urged toward each other to engage the arcuate faces |48 with diametrically opposite portions of and contract the core on the horn positioned at the assembling station by springs xed at the opposite ends to plates mounted on bifurcated ends |49 of the complementary members, as shown at |53, and the arcuate faces are actuated tion to an outer end portion |56 of uniform thickness but of greater thickness than the base portion |54. The base portion |54 is mounted on the underface of a laterally extending arm |51 of a channel shaped slide |58 slidably mounted on a post |59 fixed at the lower end in a mounting bracket I 66 fixed on the table T. During the rotation of the turret ||2, the slide |58 is moved upwardly to engage the diverging face |55 with a roller |6| rotatable in each of the bifurcations |49, which engagement will move the arcuate faces |48' from each otherand the continued upward movement of the slide will engage the end portions |56 with the rollers |.6I and space the arcuate faces |48 a sufficient distance apart to permit :positioning of a horn shank |09 between said faces, as shown in Figure 11. The slide |58 is reciprocatedfrom the drive shaft 2|] through a rock shaft |62 rotatably mounted in the leg portions of a U shaped bracket |63 mounted on the base B of the framework and said shaft is rocked by a cam face disk |64 fixed on the drive shaft 20 and adapted to engage a roller |65 carried at the end of an arm |66 fixed on one end of the rock shaft and the opposite end of the rock shaft is connected to the slide |58 through an arm |61 xed to said.

end of the rock shaft and apair of links |68 piv' otallyvconnected at one end to opposite sides of the arm |61 andrat opposite ends pivotally connected to another pair of links |68 pivotally connected to the oplposite sides of an ear |69 eX- tending downwardly from the slide |58. The roller |65 is yieldingly engaged with the. cam disk |64 by a spring |10 connected at one end to the free end of the arm |61 and the opposite end anchored to the bottom of the table T. The cam |64 is arranged to actuate the slide |58 to its highest position when the turret |2 is moving, as shown in Figure 11, and during the period of rest of the turret, the cam actuates the slide to its lowermost position shown in Figure 10 to permit the arcuate faces |48 under the influence of the `springs |53 to engage and constrict the core on the horn' shank. While the core is in constricted condition', the spool flanges f, f' are moved onto the engaged ends of the core by a plunger |1| slidably mounted in av boss in the lateral slide arm |51 in vertical alinement with the center opening |52 in the plate |5| and retained therein by nuts screw threaded on the upper end of the' plunger |1| projecting above the .arm 51, as shown at |12, and the lower end ofthe plunger is arranged with a hollow head having an annular recess in the inner wall at the mouth kof the head, as shown at |13 in Figure 10, to permit the head to engage and move the flange f' onto the core c until the inner horizontal wall of the` recess |13 engages the upper end of the vcore and-moves the lower end portion of the core into the neck 11, of the flange f.

' The head of the plunger |1| is yieldingly urged from theslide arm |51 by a spring |14 engaged on lthe plunger and compressed between the lateral slide arm |51 and the plunger head, to a position to engage the flange f While the` cam portions |54 are engaging the rollers |-6|, as shown in Figure 10.` In the` lowermost position `of the slide |58, the lower end of the core c will extend .beyond thel neck n ofthe flange .f into an annular recess .|15 in the upper face ofthe annular members. ||5 encircling ,the opening therein, and anyfurther downward movement of the'slide |58 will cause the plunger |1| to move in an upward direction against the force of the spring |14. -The tension of the springs |53 upon the arcuate faces |48 is such to permit longitudinal movement of the core along said faces by the plunger -headafter the flange f' is fully assembled on the'upper end of the core. The plunger |1| during the downward movement of the slide |58 will pass through the center A opening |52 of the plate |5| before engaging the head thereof with the flange f.

After the 'arcuate faces |48 and the plunger |1| are simultaneously moved from the horn at said assemblingstation, the flanges f, f are held on Vthe core under the expansion force of the opposite side edge portions of the core to assume the open position shown' in Figure .11, and the horn having the assembled core and spools thereon is positioned to two more` addi-` tional stops by the intermittent rotation of the turret ||2. At the second of` these stops,` the lcore with the flanges assembled on the opposite ends thereof is removed fromkthe horn shank |59 by moving the annular member ||5 up its associated horn shank to` position the spool flange f vabove said horn shank. 'This movement of the annular member is effected byfa reciprocating head comprising a cross bar |15 fixed at the lopposite end portions to the upper ends of a pair of rods |16 slid'able in the table T and having the lower ends connected by a bar |11. (Figures 4 and 5.)l The reciprocating head is actuatedvtoengage thecross bar |15' with afblock |18 fixed to the bottomface of veach ofthe plates ||1 associated with the annular ejectng members I5 and move said member to the end of Athe horn during the period of rest of the turret ||2 by the downward movement of the slide |58 by connecting said cross bar to the links |68 througha lever |19 pivoted intermediate its ends on a bracket |86 mounted on the plate |20 and the lever having one end pivotally connected to `the connection between the links |68, |68', as

at |8|, andthe opposite end ofthe lever |19 be-y ing slotted to engage a pin fixed in and extending laterally from .the crossV bar |15', as shown at |82 in Figure 13.v The. length of the rods ||8. and themovement of the lever |19 are sufficient to position the recessed face of the ejecting annular member ||5 above the upper end of the horn shank |09 and completely remove the assembled core and flanges from the horn shank.

The purpose of the ejector mechanism I5, |15 is to transfer the assembled core and `flanges from the horn Shanks |09 onto conveying means' f of mechanism for securing the opposite ends of the core to the vanges to vproduce a complete spool and discharge said complete spool from the apparatus. The conveying means comprises a second turret |83 having a cup ,shaped hub secured to the upper end of a shaft |84 rotatably supported in an elongated Sleeve |85 having a flange `|86 atthe lower end adapted to cover the' smallest circular portion of the opening |22 in the table T and secured to said table, and the lower end of the shaft |84 being supported by a boss in the plate I2 as shown at |81 in Figure 4. The turret v|83 is securedl to the shaftv |84 in the Lsame manner as turret ||2 is secured to the shaft H8 as hereinbefore described andr-indicated at |88 in the present instance. The turret |83 is arranged with a series of equidistantly spaced openings 'around the periphery thereof for the mounting of tubular members |89 having an intermediate bore portion of smaller diameter than the diameters of the opposite end bore portions for engaging the head Vof a screw |90 releasably engaged in a bore of a reduced end |9| of a horn |92 having an intermediate enlarged portion |93 to limit the engagement of the reduced end |9| in the lower end bore p0rtion of the tubular member |89, as shown. in Figure 4. The shoulder formed between the horn |92 and enlarged portion |93 is arranged with, an lannular recess 241, as shown in Figure 16. The tubular members |89 are secured in the openings in the turret |83 by nuts |94, similar to the nuts H4, screw threaded on the opposite ends of said members projecting from the oppositefaces of the turret and the nuts |94 are retained in securing position on the tubular members by channel shaped clamping members |95 secured to the periphery of the turret rela- ,tive to each sleeve member by a screw |96 engaged in an opening in 'an intermediate portion of the clamping members and screw threaded into the turret with the opposite ends of the clamping members abutting the periphery of the nuts. Each of the horns |92 is arranged with a stripper comprising a sleeve member |91 slidable on the -intermediate enlarged horn portion |93 and yieldingly urged toward the free end of the horn |92 by springs engaged in a recess in the sleeve and abutting the lower end of the tubular member |89, as shown at |98 in Figure 16, and said downward movement of the stripper sleeve is limited by a rod fixed at one end in the sleeve |91 and having limited sliding movement in the tubular member |89, as shown at |99 in Figure 16, to position the lower end of the sleeve adjacent to the recess 241 in the horn |92. The horns |92 are spaced from each other the same distance as the horns |09 are spaced from each other, so that a horn |92 may be positioned in vertical alinement above a horn |09 stationed at the reciprocating head for the actuation of the stripping member ||5 to transfer an assembled core and flanges from the horn |09 to the alined horn |92. The turret |83 is intermittently rotated in synchronism with -the intermittent rotation of the turret 2 by a Geneva mechanism comprising a wheel 200 keyed to the shaft |84 within the casing |23 formed by the plates |20, |2|, |86 and flange |23 and in abutting relation with the boss |81 in the plate |2| and arranged with recesses equidistantly spaced about the periphery and extended radially inward with the portions of the periphery of the wheel 200 between the recesses being of curved or convex form, as shown at 202 in Figure 3. The wheel 200 is intermittently actuated from the drive shaft 20 by a pair of pins 203 adapted to engage the recesses 20| and xed in and projecting from diametrically opposite portions of the upper face of a disk 204 fixed on the upper end of a shaft 205 rotatably mounted in an elongated boss 206 integral with and extending from the lower face of the plate |2| with the lower end of the shaft 205 projecting from the boss 206 and operatively connected to the drive shaft 20` through meshing beveled pinions 201 xed to said shafts, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The continuous rotation of the shaft 205 is converted into intermittent rotation of the shaft |84 by the pins 203 successively engaging the recesses 20| in the Wheel 200. The intermittent rotation of the shaft |84 is imparted to the shaft ||9 by a gear 208 xed on the shaft above the wheel 200 and meshing with the gear wheel |24. In the present embodiment of the invention, there are sixteen horns |09 on the turret ||2 and eight horns |92 on the turret |89, so that the circumference of the turret |83 is half of the circumference of the turret ||2. The recesses 29| in the wheel 200 are eight in number and spaced apart s0 that a half of a revolution of the disk 204 will move the turrets ||2 and |83 a distance to position the horns |99, |92 in vert-ical alinement with each other at the ejecting station of the turret H2. The shaft |84 is held against rotation while the pins 203 are disengaged from the recesses 20| and during the rest periods of the turrets ||2, |83 by a block 209 fixed to the disk 294 and having diametrically opposed arcuate faces midway between the pins 203 to engage the concave peripheral portions 202 of the wheel 200. After the Areciprocating head |15 transfers the assembled core and spools from the horn |09 to the alined horn |92, the turrets H2, |82 are actuated to move the alined horns from each other, the horn |09 being empty and moving toward the means to feed and place a fiange f thereon to commence the assembling of another pair of flanges on a core, and the horn |92 having an assembled core and flanges thereon is moved relative to a rail 2 I0 mounted to extend partially around the shaft |84 and below the horns |92 to engage the flange j when said flange is moved from the ejecting member H5 of the turret |12, and the forward end of the rail is beveled and bifurcated, as at 2| l, to permit the travel of said ejecting member from said ejecting station when the turret ||2 is actuated, as shown in Figure 13. The ejecting movement of the annular member ||5 is sufficient to engage the upper end of the core into the recess 241 which engagement together with the receding ejecting member H5 will retain the assembled core and flanges on the horn |92 until the flange f engages the rail 2|8.

The turret |83 is intermittently actuated to position the horns |92 to three successive stops from the station at which the assembled core and flanges are transferred to said horns, and at the fourth successive stop, which will be diametrically opposite to the transferring station, the ends of the core and the necks n of the flanges and f' are crimped to each other, as shown at lc in Figl 'ure 19. The rail 2|0 will extend from the transferring station to the crimping station to prevent the dropping of the assembled spools from the horns |92. The means to perform this crimping operation comprises, as shown in Figures 14 and l5, a pair of jaw members having complementary arcuate faces 2|2 at one end and an opening 2 3 extending through said members adjacent the opposite ends and parallelly of the faces 2|2 and said jaw members are yieldingly mounted on a pair of nesting slides 2id, 2|5 to have movement vertically of the slides by slidably mounting the jaw members on spaced alined posts xed in and projecting from the. opposite longitudinal edge portions of said slides to engage recesses in the opposite sides of the jaw members, as shown at 2|6 in Figure 14. The jaw members are yieldingly retained on the slides by springs 2 1 engaged in the openings 2|3 in the jaw members having one vend fixed to a pin 2|8 fixed at the opposite ends in diametrically opposite portions of the vversely of the slides.

assegni openings at the upper end thereof and the opposite ends of the springs xedto a pin extending transversely of and fixed in an opening in thev slides, as shown at 219 in Figures 15 and 16.

The slide 214 is of U shape in planview with` posts 216 and opening 219 in the connecting end portion. and the slide 215 is of rectangular shape slidable between the leg portions of the slide 214, as shown in Figure 14. The slides 214, 215 are slidable on a `horizontal channeled shelf 220 mounted on a bifurcated support 221 fixed to the A top of table T at the end thereof opposite the end supporting the shaft 49, and the slides are repositioned between said jaws by a pairof springs 224 fixed at one end to reduced ends 225 of a rod 226 mounted in ears 22'1 fixed to and projecting from the leg portions of the slide 214 with the reduced ends 225 extending from the outer sides of the ears and the rod extending vtransversely above the slide 215, and the opposite ends of the springs 224 are fixed to reduced ends 228 of ya rod 229 mounted in ears 230 xed to and extending upwardly from the opposite longitudinal portions of the. slide 215 with the rod 229 extending trans,-

'I'o assure the clamping of the jaws against the core with suicient force, the slides 214 and 215 are further urged-in oppocore and the jaw members upwardly against the force of the springs 21'1 to position the upper end of the core and the neck n of the flange f into engagement with the annular recess 24'1 in the horn |92,` which recess 24'1 in conjunction with a recess 248 in the upper end of the jaw faces 212 will curl the upper end of the core with the neck of the flange f', as'shown in Figure 16. The reciprocation of the die member toward and away from the horn 192 positioned between the jaw members. willactuate said jaw members from each other against the force of the springs 224 and 231, so that when the die member is actuatedby the slide 242` from the horn 192 after the ends of the core are curled with the necks n of the flanges f', the jaw members will be positioned from each vother with the jaw faces 212 spaced from each tween the jaw members preparatory to the crimp-l ing of the spools to the core. This isv accomplished by `a pair of arms having straight portions 249 andA obliquely extending portions 250 arranged at. one endwithvbosses rotatably mounted on an 4 arbor 251 xed at the opposite ends in the bifurcation legs of the support 221, and the inner or opposed edges Aof the. straight arm portions 249 are arranged with corresponding faces having a portions 250. The free ends of the arm portions 249 are bifurcatedfor engagement with reduced site. directions by a spring 231 coiled around a rod 232 fixed at one end on a cross member 233 mounted at the opposite ends on the tops of, the ears 22T and the rod extending through an opening in an abutment plate 234 fixed to theears 230'the spring being compressed on the rod between the abutment plate 234 and a washerv held on the free end of the rod, as at 235, whereby the earsr 22'1 and 230 and consequently thejaws are urged toward each other. The curling or crimping action is performed by a die member comprising a shank portion 235 having an annular recess 23'1 at one end formed by a nipple portion adapted to engage a correspondingly recessed vportion in the end of each of the horns 192, as shown screw threaded above a further enlarged shoulder 2411 separatingsaid enlarged portion 239 fro-ma base portion 241 secured to a lateral projection of Va slide 242 slidably mounted in a slideway 243 formed in the outer face of the connecting portion ofI the support 221. The base portion 241 of the die member is secured to the lateral extension of `the slideA 24.2 by a bolt engaged in an opening in the extension and screwy threaded into.y the base ofthe. slide 242 will engage the recess 231 with the i lower end of the core c and the neck n of the flange and the continued upward movement of the die shank 236 will curl said lower end of the core and neck into acorresponding recess 246 in the lower end of the jaw faces 212 and move the portion, as shown at 244 in Figure 15, and the' l :engagement between said bolt and base portion is nat faceportions midway the ends of the` rods 226 and y22.9, as shown at 254, and the free end of the armsm249, 250 are yieldingly urged in a direction'towardeach other by the springs 224, i 23,1 to position the faces 252, 253 relative to a roller 255 rotatably carried between the leg portions of` abifurcated ,extension 256 integral with and extending laterally from the upper end of the slide 242, whereby the positioning of the die member 236 from the, shelf 22D by the slide 242 will' engage the roller with the arm` faces 253 and position the jaw 4faces 212 a distance from each otherlto permit movingthe horns 192 from between said jaws, asshown in Figures 14 and 15,

of engagement with the roller `255, as shown 'ink Figure 16. l The slideway243 is arranged ywith wear'vplates 25T adjustably positioned againstthe sides of theslide 242 by'set screws 25B adjustably mounted in the sides of thefslideway, as shown in Figure 3'. The slide 242 is reciprocated to engage the die member 236Y with the lower end of the core, and the neck n of the flange f duringl the rest period of the turrets 112 and 183 from the `drive, shaft 20 Athrough crank mechanism" comprising a pin 259 fixed in andl projecting from the cam 164 eccentrically ofthe drive shaft 29, and a crank armr 2611 having bosses at the ends, `one boss loosely retained' on the pin 259 and the other boss loosely retained on a pin 261`iix'ed in and projecting fromA the lower end of the slide 242, as shown in Figure 4.v The slideway platform 220 is arranged with an opening 220 to permit movement' s of the die member toward the jaws.y l

After the curls k are formed, the lowerrcurl is removed from the vrecess 231 in the die member 236 by stripping means carried by said die member and comprising a sleeve mem-ber 262 slidable on the die shank 235 and having an' annular shoulder 263 intermediate the ends thereof for the engagement of the underface of an inwardly extending annular flange at one end of a tubular retaining member 264 having the opposite end of enlarged diameter and internally screw threaded for adjustable engagement with the screw threads on the enlarged portion 2139 'of the die member whereby the ejecting movement of the stripper may be adjusted. The stripping member 2,62 is yieldingly actuated to remove the lower curl from recess 231 by a coil spring 265 mounted in the tubular member 264 and compressed between the enlarged portion 239 of the die vmember and the shoulder 263 of the stripping member, as shown in Figures and 16.

-The upper curl k is removed or loosened from the recess 241 in the horn |92 by the stripper |91 under the force of the springs |98.

After the curls 7c have been formed and the jaws and the die member 236 removed from horn |92 carrying the completed spool s, sai-d horn |92 is positioned over a tapering discharge lchute 266 4mounted on the table T with the wide end higher than the narrow end and positioned below the horn after it leaves the slideway 220, as shown in Figures 2 and 14, and the narrow end extending beyond the table to deposit the spools into a suitable depository or onto a conveyor travelling relative to the table. The completed spool will normally drop from the horn as soon as it leaves the slideway 220, but to ass-ure the removal of the spool from the horn before said horn reaches the ejecting station of turret H2, there is provided stripping mechanism forithis purpose comprisingan arm 261 integral witha plate 268 having elongated openings therein for adjustably mounting the arm 261 on the side of the slide |58, as shown at 269 in Figure 13, and a spool engaging member 216 of U shape mounted on a downwardly extending end of the arm 261 and having slots 21| in the leg portions of said member extending from the upper edge into the leg portions. The arm 261 extends from the slide |58 to position the leg portions of the member 210 on opposite sides of the spool engaged on a horn |92 stationed at the second stop of said horn from the crimping station thereof, as shown in Figure 2, and while the turret |82 is at rest, the slide |58 will actuate member 210 in a downward direction from the horn |92 to the chute 266 and strip the spool from said horn if said spool has not previously dropped from the horn.

The driving mechanism mounted below the table T is enclosed by panels 212 supported in the space between the table T, base B and standards S. as shown in Figure l, and the space between the turret ||2 and the table T is also enclosed by a panel 213.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In spool making apparatus, a vertical 'support, an intermittently operative canrier for and adapted to move the support in a circular path and `position the support at successive stations, means to engage an annular ange on the support at the initial station thereof. a fixed vertical mandrel disposed in a plane above the movement of the support and with which the support is adapted to be alined at a successive station, means to sever a blank from a web and clamp the mank to and pend the blank around the mandrel to form a contractile and expansible tubular spool core, and said core adapted by the release of the bending means therefrom to move from the mandrel onto the support above the iiange engaged thereon, means to engage a second annular flange on the support above the core at a successive station of the support, means relative to which the support with the flanges and core engaged thereon is stationed operative to constrict the core on the support and engage the flanges on the opposite ends of ,the constricted core, and said core by the release of the constricting means therefrom adapted to expand and irictionally retain the.flanges on the core, a second vertical support, an intermittently operative carrier for said second support adapted to move the second support in a circular path in a plane above the plane of movement of the rst support, and said first support when moved to a successive station positioned in alinement with said second support, means operative in said position of the supports to transfer the core with the flanges engaged thereon from the iirst support to the seco-nd support, means to retain the core with the flanges on the second support as it is moved to a successive station, and means op` erative at said station of the second support to crimp the opposite end portions of the core to the material about the opening in and secule the flanges to the core.

2.r In spool making apparatus, a vertical support, means to intermittently actuate the support in a horizontal circular path and position the support at successive stations, means to engage an annular flange on the support at its initial station, a vertical mandrel nxedly supported in ba plane above the plane of movement of the support and relative to which the support is successively stationed, means to bend a blank around said mandrel to form a tubular contractile and expansible spool core, and said core when the bending means is released therefrom adapted to move from the mandrel onto the support above the flange engaged thereon, means at a successive station of the support operative to engage a second annular flange onto the support above the core, means relative to which the support with the flanges and core engaged thereon is successively stationed to constrict the core on the support and engage the iianges on the opposite ends of the constricted core and the core by the release of the constricting means adapted to expand and frictionally retain the flanges on the core, means to interlock the portions at the opposite ends of the core with the material about the opening in the flanges and secure the anges to the core to form a spool and discharge the formed spool from said means, and means to transfer the core with the flanges engaged thereon from the support to said means to secure the'flanges to the core.

3. Spool making apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means to transfer the core with the flanges engaged thereon from the support,

`comprises an annular member slidable on the 

